Our Security Services – Manned Guarding framework is due for renewal February 2016....

A recent article in Supply Chain Management raised a number of issues schools are having with embracing collaborative purchasing. We'd like to share our experience of how these can be overcome by using a purchasing consortium.

Do you have a passion for helping the Education sector make savings and achieve best value for money? Are you MCIPS qualified with a good knowledge of EU procurement legislation? If so we may have the perfect opportunity for you.

Two recent high court decisions have highlighted the importance of keeping clear and detailed written records of the evaluation process and the reasons for the decisions made...

Last month CCS issued a Procurement Policy Note (PPN) that may be helpful to member institutions who are considering this issue...

A small exercise was carried out during September on behalf of a member Institution in the South East Region comparing the price of one regularly purchased product on the Toilet Tissue and Related Paper Products Framework...

We are in the process of organising reviews for the suppliers on the Access Control and Smart Card System Framework. To assist us in that process we would appreciate if you could take a few moments and fill in a short online questionnaire.

The European Court ruled on a case referred to it by the Romanian Court, where a supplier of computing systems and equipment challenged a contracting authority in Romania for rejecting their tender on the basis that its computing equipment with an AMD 3.6 Ghz processor, was not up to current market standards.

The CPC have a number of frameworks offering estates departments access to a range of supplies including, plumbing, tools, fasteners & fixings, construction supplies and electrical materials and components...